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About Cynthia L. Curl

Joining Boise State University in 2015, Dr. Cynthia Curl is an Associate Professor for the School of Public and Population Health and Co-Director of the Center for Excellence in Environmental Health and Safety. She received a Ph.D. in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences specializing in exposure assessment and agricultural chemicals and a M.S. also in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences focusing on biomonitoring and agricultural health and safety both from the University of Washington, and a B.A. in Chemistry from Swarthmore College. Dr. Curl is a member of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology. Her most recent research focuses on atherosclerosis in connection with the effects of air pollution on the human body and organic produce consumption.

Positions

2020 - Present Associate Professor, Boise State University School of Public and Population Health
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January 2015 - July 2020 Assistant Professor, Boise State University Department of Community and Environmental Health
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December 2006 - December 2014 Program Manager, University of Washington - Seattle Campus ‐ MESA Air Study
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August 2010 - August 2013 EPA STAR Fellow, University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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July 2004 - November 2006 Senior Scientist, Integral Consulting
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Grants

2020 - Present Investigating the relationship between pesticide exposure and markers of kidney dysfunction
Idaho Network for Biomedical Research Excellence
$60,000
2018 - Present To measure herbicide levels in pregnant women - specifically glyphosate
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
$457,537
2022 - 2022 Pilot study comparing pesticide levels in male and female Latinx farmworkers. The team hopes to then deduce why differences in pesticide exposure may exist.
University of Washington - Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Colleague(s): Carly Hyland, Rebecca Som Castellano, and Lisa Meierotto
$45,000
2019 - 2019 Assessment of Risk Factors for Health Disparities Among Latina Farm Workers
Mountain West IDeA Clinical and Translational Research – Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN)
Colleague(s): Rebecca Som Castellano, Lisa Meierotto and Jennifer Schneider
$5,000
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Honors and Awards

  • 2010-2013 - EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship
  • 2013-2014 - Maagnuson Scholarship, University of Washington
  • 2015-2017 - Rising Stars Career Development Program Award, NIH's Institute for Translational Health Sciences
  • 2017 - Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper Published in 2016, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
  • 2017 - Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper of 2017, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
  • 2017 - 20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health, Collaborative on Health & Enviornment
  • 2019 - Rising Star Award, 2020 Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors

Education

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June 2014 Ph.D. - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (Major Fields: Agricultural Pesticides; Environmental Epidemiology), University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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August 2000 M.S. - Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (Major Fields: Agricultural Health and Safety; Biological and Environmental Monitoring), University of Washington - Seattle Campus
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June 1998 B.A. - Chemistry, Swarthmore College
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Articles (18)

Reports (1)

Other (4)

Includes editorials and obituaries

Selected Conference & Meeting Presentations (7)